48th Primetime Emmy Awards

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48th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date
  • September 8, 1996
    (Ceremony)
  • September 7, 1996
    (Creative Arts Awards)
Location Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Presented by Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by Michael J. Fox
Paul Reiser
Oprah Winfrey
Highlights
Most awards
Most nominations
Outstanding Comedy Series Frasier
Outstanding Drama Series ER
Outstanding Miniseries Gulliver's Travels
Outstanding Variety Series Dennis Miller Live
Television/radio coverage
Network ABC
Produced byAl Schwartz [1]
Directed byLouis J. Horvitz [1]
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The 48th Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The awards were presented over two ceremonies, one untelevised on September 7, 1996, and other televised on September 8, 1996. It was hosted by Michael J. Fox, Paul Reiser, and Oprah Winfrey. Two networks, A&E and AMC, received their first major nominations this year.

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Frasier took home Outstanding Comedy Series for the third straight year, and won two major awards overall. In the drama field, ER came into the ceremony as the most nominated drama for the second straight year with ten major nominations; it defeated defending champion NYPD Blue to win Outstanding Drama Series. This turned out to be the only major award ER won. No show won more than two major awards.

The HBO comedy The Larry Sanders Show made Emmy history when it became the first show outside the Big Three television networks to receive the most major nominations (10). Furthermore, Rip Torn won the Supporting Comedy actor award, the first for HBO.

Another first came with Amanda Plummer for Showtime's The Outer Limits . Not only was it the first time a cable network won in her category (Guest Actress, Drama) but was Showtime's first ever Acting Emmy win.

For the twelfth and final season of Murder, She Wrote , Angela Lansbury was once again nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, she had been nominated for every season of the show, but she was defeated once again. In the process she set records for being the most nominated actress in the category (18), as well as the most nominated actress without winning. Both of these records still stand.

Winners and nominees

[2]

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes in Seinfeld (NBC) (Episodes: "The Soup Nazi" + "The Wait Out")
    • Christine Baranski as Maryann Thorpe in Cybill (CBS) (Episodes: "A Who's Who for What's His Name" + "Wedding Bell Blues")
    • Janeane Garofalo as Paula in The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) (Episodes: "Conflict of Interest" + "I Was a Teenage Lesbian")
    • Jayne Meadows as Alice Morgan-DuPont-Sutting-Cushing-Ferruke in High Society (CBS) (Episodes: "Family Val's" + "Alice Doesn't Pump Here Anymore")
    • Renée Taylor as Sylvia Fine in The Nanny (CBS) (Episodes: "Where's the Pearls?" + "The Cantor Show")
  • Ray Walston as Henry Bone in Picket Fences (CBS) (Episodes: "Witness for the Prosecution" + "My Romance")

Directing

  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (CBS) – Louis J. Horvitz
    • The 68th Annual Academy Awards (ABC) – Jeff Margolis
    • Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) – Jerry Foley
    • Marsalis on Music (PBS): "Sousa to Satchmo" – Michael Lindsay-Hogg
    • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) – Ellen Brown

Writing

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations [note 1]
NetworkNo. of
Nominations
NBC45
HBO35
CBS27
ABC19
Programs with multiple major nominations
ProgramCategoryNetworkNo. of
Nominations
ERDramaNBC10
The Larry Sanders ShowComedyHBO
NYPD BlueDramaABC8
SeinfeldComedyNBC7
The Late ShiftMovieHBO5
Chicago HopeDramaCBS4
FrasierComedyNBC
Gulliver's TravelsMiniseries
Murder OneDramaABC
TrumanMovieHBO
The Tuskegee Airmen
The 68th Annual Academy AwardsVarietyABC3
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch StoryMovieLifetime
The Heidi ChroniclesTNT
Mad About YouComedyNBC
Rasputin: Dark Servant of DestinyMovieHBO
A Streetcar Named DesireCBS
The X-FilesDramaFox
3rd Rock from the SunComedyNBC2
AndersonvilleMiniseriesTNT
The Best of Tracey Takes On...VarietyHBO
CybillComedyCBS
Dennis Miller LiveVarietyHBO
FriendsComedyNBC
The Kennedy Center HonorsVarietyCBS
Late Show with David Letterman
The NannyComedy
Norma Jean & MarilynMovieHBO
Picket FencesDramaCBS
Politically Incorrect with Bill MaherVarietyComedy Central
Pride and PrejudiceMiniseriesA&E
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoVarietyNBC

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards [note 1]
NetworkNo. of
Awards
NBC9
CBS6
HBO
TNT2
Programs with multiple major awards
ProgramCategoryNetworkNo. of
Awards
Dennis Miller LiveVarietyHBO2
FrasierComedyNBC
Gulliver's TravelsMiniseries
The Kennedy Center HonorsVarietyCBS
Picket FencesDrama
Rasputin: Dark Servant of DestinyMovieHBO
Notes
  1. 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

In Memoriam

References

  1. 1 2 Archerd, Army (14 August 1996). "Slew of award shows continues". Variety .
  2. ↑ "Nominees/Winners 1996". Television Academy.
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